Abu al-Hasan al-Hawfi, author of I'rab al-Qur'an

أبو الحسن الحوفي صاحب إعراب القرآن

c. 1039 CE · 430 AH

Abu al-Hasan Ali b. Ibrahim al-Hawfi of Egypt — author of a ten-volume I'rab al-Qur'an, imam in Arabic, grammar and letters; al-Adfawi's pupil, through whom the Egyptians trained in grammar. Died in 430 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali b. Ibrahim b. Sa'id al-Hawfi, author of I'rab al-Qur'an in ten volumes; an imam in Arabic, grammar and adab with many works — pupil of al-Adfawi — Egypt's people profited from him and trained in grammar under him. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 247
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